Derrick Williams responds on Instagram to Taj Gibson’s ‘trash teams’ diss
Don’t you dare insinuate that Derrick Williams’ basketball team is a steaming pile of garbage. Or else, face the wrath of a strongly-worded social media posting.
Responding to Bulls forward Taj Gibson’s recent comments expressing disgust about a string of losses to “trash teams,” (which, not coincidentally, came after back-to-back losses to his Knicks), Williams took to Instagram on Friday to provide his rebuttal.
The former No. 2 overall pick posted the following image of him dunking on the Bulls (with Gibson gazing on helplessly in the background) while simultaneously poking fun at the fact that the Knicks have now defeated Chicago three out of four times this season:
Though the 24-year-old Williams is probably not the best Knick to be retorting (he holds meager averages of just 8.9 points per game and 3.5 rebounds per game this year), the man has a point.
The Bulls are now just seven games ahead of the rebuilding Knicks in the Eastern Conference standings as both are currently on the outside of the playoff picture looking in. If that’s Gibson’s definition of what constitutes a “trash team,” his Bulls probably fall under the same category right now.
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